What is the difference between a marked crosswalk and an unmarked crosswalk?
Crosswalks are either ‘marked’ or ‘unmarked.’ Under the California Vehicle Code, crosswalks exist at all intersections extending across the street from the corner curbs or on other parts of the street designated as pedestrian crossings by the painted lines. If there are not any painted white or yellow lines at an intersection, the crosswalk still exists, it is just unmarked. A crosswalk is the area of a roadway where pedestrians have the right-of-way and motorists must yield to pedestrians. Most of us have seen the marked crosswalks that have white or yellow stripes painted on the pavement of a street marking a walkway from curb to curb. However, an intersection does not have to be marked for there to be a crosswalk.
